Charge Pump Voltage Control for OLED Display Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Small-size OLED display devices using lithium batteries face a decline in service voltage over time, which affects the performance of the driving circuitry and requires a solution for stable voltage management.

Innovation Solution

A charge pump with a multi-step-up circuitry and voltage control method that includes energy storage capacitors and control circuits to alternately connect and disconnect input voltages, ensuring stable voltage output by preventing voltage declination through variable multiplication factors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If a lithium battery is used in a small-size OLED display device, then the device achieves compact size and high integration, but the service voltage declines over time affecting driving circuitry performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice sizeVSAvoidvoltage stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

A charge pump circuit is introduced as an intermediary component between the lithium battery and the driving circuitry. The charge pump includes capacitors and switching elements that actively regulate and boost the declining battery voltage to maintain a stable output voltage, thereby compensating for the voltage drop caused by battery discharge while preserving the compact device design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The charge pump dynamically changes electrical parameters (voltage and current) to compensate for battery voltage decline. By adjusting the switching frequency and duty cycle of the charge pump circuit, the output voltage is maintained at a stable level despite the decreasing input voltage from the lithium battery, ensuring consistent performance of the driving circuitry.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If a charge pump with multi-step-up circuitry is used to maintain stable voltage output, then voltage stability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoltage stabilityVSAvoidcircuit complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The charge pump circuit is divided into multiple step-up stages, each with its own capacitor and switching elements. This segmentation allows the voltage boosting function to be achieved through a series of simpler, modular stages rather than a single complex stage, making the overall circuit more manageable and easier to control while maintaining stable voltage output.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The charge pump employs periodic switching action where capacitors are alternately charged and discharged in a cyclic manner. This periodic operation simplifies the control logic compared to continuous regulation, as the switching elements operate in discrete on/off states controlled by timing signals, reducing the complexity of the control circuitry while achieving stable voltage output.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution maintains a stable voltage output for OLED display devices by preventing voltage declination due to battery discharge, ensuring consistent performance even with lithium batteries.

Implementation Method 1

a first energy storage capacitor C1, a second energy storage capacitor C2

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCapacitance: Capacitance

Data Source

PatentUS10650735B2Charge pump, voltage control method for charge pump, and display device
Publication Date: 2020.05.12 BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A charge pump, a voltage control method for the charge pump, and a display device are provided. The charge pump includes a voltage output end and a first step-up circuitry. The first step-up circuitry includes a first energy storage unit, a second energy storage unit, a first input control unit, a first voltage application control unit, a first output control unit and a first charging path control unit. The first voltage application control unit is configured to enable a first end of the first energy storage unit to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, a first voltage end, and enable a first end of the second energy storage unit to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, a second voltage end.